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Day 3 - 9th Jan
This is the first day I’ve felt some discomfort. It’s not bad… I just feel something! Little jabs maybe? A little bit of pressure? I actually haven’t taken any pain killers at all yet. I may take some if this feeling doesn’t go away - its 3pm and only been there 20 mins. I wonder if I’m starting to swell? I will go for a wee, have a look and get more pictures.
This evening I'm panicking. First time I've taken a look down there. It doesn't look right but I don't know if its just the healing process. I have 2 hard lumps, 2 holes. It doesn't look straight but also looks as if my lips have been rolled up and pinned to the inside of my outer Labia. I see extra bits of skin. Also some stitches at the bottom of my opening. I mentioned before a language barrier - the skin tag I wanted removed is still there so I'm wondering if he stitched up my hole to make it less gaping? I don't know? I'm so confused. I can't bare to go through this again. The healing part has gone very well but the amount of emotional investment is starting to take its toll. I so hope this is normal.
This evening I'm panicking. First time I've taken a look down there. It doesn't look right but I don't know if its just the healing process. I have 2 hard lumps, 2 holes. It doesn't look straight but also looks as if my lips have been rolled up and pinned to the inside of my outer Labia. I see extra bits of skin. Also some stitches at the bottom of my opening. I mentioned before a language barrier - the skin tag I wanted removed is still there so I'm wondering if he stitched up my hole to make it less gaping? I don't know? I'm so confused. I can't bare to go through this again. The healing part has gone very well but the amount of emotional investment is starting to take its toll. I so hope this is normal.
Day 2 - following day after surgery - 8th Jan
After sleeping all day yesterday I was up 11pm - 1am (eating and relaxing). Felt no pain, no bruising, no swelling and sickness completely gone. Slept from 1am to 11am and came down for food for an hour around mid day. I ate stood up. Don’t feel like sitting down but still feel fine. After an hour, I feel ready to lay down. No pain just a little discomfort so listening to my body to avoid any pain etc.
After resting up in bed all day I came down for another hour for dinner at 6pm. I’m noticing after an hour of standing I’m feeling a pressure down below. But still no pain, bruises etc. I’m very surprised as i expected to be hurting/swollen/bruised today.
It’s stung a lot when I went for a wee today and a couple of times since but only slightly. After that first wee I am now gently pouring water over the top of my vagina so it trickles down over the whole area as I wee. This has stopped it stinging completely and keeps area clean. After I dab dry with a towel around the area, and fan the stitches to dry. Mr Ibraheim recommend cool hair dryer but my mother in law doesn’t have that setting but fanning works just as well.
I’ve had no pain killers today. I poured over salt water twice to clean. I thought cleaning it would be hard. Only when I looked I realised there is nothing there to clean!
So far looks a hell of a lot better. It’s just my outside lips look saggy and empty now so that was a bit of a shock. They were before but you didn’t notice has by inner Labia kept it all pretty sandwiched.
After resting up in bed all day I came down for another hour for dinner at 6pm. I’m noticing after an hour of standing I’m feeling a pressure down below. But still no pain, bruises etc. I’m very surprised as i expected to be hurting/swollen/bruised today.
It’s stung a lot when I went for a wee today and a couple of times since but only slightly. After that first wee I am now gently pouring water over the top of my vagina so it trickles down over the whole area as I wee. This has stopped it stinging completely and keeps area clean. After I dab dry with a towel around the area, and fan the stitches to dry. Mr Ibraheim recommend cool hair dryer but my mother in law doesn’t have that setting but fanning works just as well.
I’ve had no pain killers today. I poured over salt water twice to clean. I thought cleaning it would be hard. Only when I looked I realised there is nothing there to clean!
So far looks a hell of a lot better. It’s just my outside lips look saggy and empty now so that was a bit of a shock. They were before but you didn’t notice has by inner Labia kept it all pretty sandwiched.
Day 1 - surgery. 7th Jan
I flew from Northern Ireland at 8am in the morning. Mr Ibraheim had asked me to arrive 9am. I explained the first flight of the day would get me to the clinic before 10am or I could come the night before but he said 10am was fine.
I took a taxi from Manchester airport to Pines Hospital, feeling very nervous, and arrived 9.45am.
By 10am I was in my room (I will upload photos). The nurses made me feel so at ease. I had my weight, height and blood pressure taken. Met the staff nurse and around 11am met with Mr Ibraheim for the first time. He was very lovely, I felt instantly at ease. He asked to take a look and then explained the procedure and drew a diagram. There was a bit of a language barrier. I explained wanted to keep the look ‘balanced’ because after having children I didn’t want to be left with a gaping hole. I also explained I had a skin tag that I hoped could be removed. He said he would normally charge extra for this but would do it in surgery.
I was told my surgery would be at around 12 -12.30 and someone came to get me promptly at noon. I was asked to lay down on the operating bed after a few checks (name, DOB, check for no metal etc) and I was injected into my left hand with anaesthetic. The team around me put me at ease, and explained what was going on throughout. The injection didn’t hurt but the sensation was horrible. Thankfully with seconds (about 10) I was completely under and oblivious to it.
I woke up very dazed and tried to lift my head. A nurse must have been sat besides me because I could hear some reassuring words. I wanted to ask for oxygen because I struggled to catch my breath. But within a split second I was back to sleep.
I was taken back to my room. I woke up enough to help move my body weight over from the trolly to bed and went back to sleep. Every half an hour the staff nurse woke me up and took my blood pressure but I couldn’t keep my eyes open for more than a few seconds at a time. The nurses kept trying to wake me, bringing me drink, biscuits and food. It was only when my blood pressure was very low they stood over me and made sure I took a couple of nibbles. They explained I needed the sugar to get my blood pressure up.
I struggled to stay awake and to eat. Every time the nurse woke me up I’d nibble a sandwich but when she’d come in to wake me again I’d realise the last nibble was still in my mouth! At around 6pm the nurse woke me up again and said I wouldn’t be allowed home until I had a wee. This suited me, because I felt in no fit state to go anywhere lol. I still couldn’t keep my eyes open, I tried to stand but lost my balance and laid back on the bed. I felt a wave of sickness hit me and I just wanted to sleep!
I eventually got myself to the toilet, which felt like climbing mount everest. I did not feel a thing. I got back into bed and guess what? Yep, fell asleep! I was next awoken by my mother in law who waited while I slowly got dressed. I thought I was going to keel over, I was spaced out, dizzy and sick but eventually made it to the car…… where I fell asleep!
It was a 1 hour drive back to her house and I slept the whole journey. When I arrived at the house I went straight to the bathroom and projectile vomited for a couple of minutes, and went back to bed. At 11pm I woke up feeling completely fine. I tried to get a sneak peek of down below. I took a few photos and went down stairs to make a sandwich and stood chatting in the kitchen for an hour.
So far no pain, no swelling, no discomfort. My only battle all day was keeping awake and feeling sick from the anaesthetic.
I took a taxi from Manchester airport to Pines Hospital, feeling very nervous, and arrived 9.45am.
By 10am I was in my room (I will upload photos). The nurses made me feel so at ease. I had my weight, height and blood pressure taken. Met the staff nurse and around 11am met with Mr Ibraheim for the first time. He was very lovely, I felt instantly at ease. He asked to take a look and then explained the procedure and drew a diagram. There was a bit of a language barrier. I explained wanted to keep the look ‘balanced’ because after having children I didn’t want to be left with a gaping hole. I also explained I had a skin tag that I hoped could be removed. He said he would normally charge extra for this but would do it in surgery.
I was told my surgery would be at around 12 -12.30 and someone came to get me promptly at noon. I was asked to lay down on the operating bed after a few checks (name, DOB, check for no metal etc) and I was injected into my left hand with anaesthetic. The team around me put me at ease, and explained what was going on throughout. The injection didn’t hurt but the sensation was horrible. Thankfully with seconds (about 10) I was completely under and oblivious to it.
I woke up very dazed and tried to lift my head. A nurse must have been sat besides me because I could hear some reassuring words. I wanted to ask for oxygen because I struggled to catch my breath. But within a split second I was back to sleep.
I was taken back to my room. I woke up enough to help move my body weight over from the trolly to bed and went back to sleep. Every half an hour the staff nurse woke me up and took my blood pressure but I couldn’t keep my eyes open for more than a few seconds at a time. The nurses kept trying to wake me, bringing me drink, biscuits and food. It was only when my blood pressure was very low they stood over me and made sure I took a couple of nibbles. They explained I needed the sugar to get my blood pressure up.
I struggled to stay awake and to eat. Every time the nurse woke me up I’d nibble a sandwich but when she’d come in to wake me again I’d realise the last nibble was still in my mouth! At around 6pm the nurse woke me up again and said I wouldn’t be allowed home until I had a wee. This suited me, because I felt in no fit state to go anywhere lol. I still couldn’t keep my eyes open, I tried to stand but lost my balance and laid back on the bed. I felt a wave of sickness hit me and I just wanted to sleep!
I eventually got myself to the toilet, which felt like climbing mount everest. I did not feel a thing. I got back into bed and guess what? Yep, fell asleep! I was next awoken by my mother in law who waited while I slowly got dressed. I thought I was going to keel over, I was spaced out, dizzy and sick but eventually made it to the car…… where I fell asleep!
It was a 1 hour drive back to her house and I slept the whole journey. When I arrived at the house I went straight to the bathroom and projectile vomited for a couple of minutes, and went back to bed. At 11pm I woke up feeling completely fine. I tried to get a sneak peek of down below. I took a few photos and went down stairs to make a sandwich and stood chatting in the kitchen for an hour.
So far no pain, no swelling, no discomfort. My only battle all day was keeping awake and feeling sick from the anaesthetic.
Provider Review
Mr. Mofid Ibraheim
Mr Mofid Ibraheim responded to every email I sent promptly. I did not meet him before surgery date as I was travelling from Northern Ireland and his clinic was in Manchester. I asked lots of questions which he answered clearly. On the day of the surgery he came to meet me within an hour of my arrival. He was very warm and friendly. He put me at ease straight away. I did feel there was a slight language barrier, which had me a little nervous but I had an instant trust for him so went with it anyway. I explained to him that after having kids I had a large opening so wanted to keep it balanced (I was worried if he took it all away I would have a gaping hole lol. Also, I explained I had a small skin tag and asked if he could remove it. He said he would normally charge extra for this but will do it for me. Now post surgery I'm pretty certain the skin tag is still there but my loose skin around my opening has been stitched! I can't be certain but I have a feeling he completely misunderstood. I'm not worried or concerned (although would have been nice to have pesky skin tag gone).